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80 Things Hill Should Spend Its $80 Million Renovation On

In case you haven't heard, Hill is getting an $80 million renovation. And while we don't really think Hill can ever overcome its national bad rep, we have a few suggestions for some super useful and legitimate ways that they can spend those $80 million: 

  1. A Hill Wawa

  2. Electrolux AC

  3. Kenmore AC

  4. Maytag AC

  5. Turn creepy moldy fountain into a jacuzzi

  6. Gold cutlery in the dining hall

  7. Turkish toilets

  8. A mailroom that doesn’t smell like a farm

  9. Escalators

  10. Anti-pumpkin nets 

  11. A pumpkin patch to show that Hill is not scared; also for delightful autumnal pies

  12. Dining Hall room service

  13. Fingerprint reading door locks

  14. Sky lights 

  15. Put the building in the actual sky

  16. iPads that allow you to control the lights/temperature/music in your room from anywhere

  17. Giant mirrors above beds (50 Shades of Grey style)

  18. Hill brunch every day

  19. Sauna

  20. Rooftop helicopter landing pad

  21. Disco balls in all the study lounges

  22. Embroidered bathrobes for every resident

  23. Big ass blocks of ice that sit on the floor (like how they refrigerated in the olden days)

  24. Tri-annual DJ Khaled performances

  25. Wax museum downstairs with creepy but lifelike figures

  26. Tearing down the building and rebuilding the exact same building (most likely option)

  27. Paying everyone’s Penn tuition

  28. Paying damages to every past and present resident of Hill House

  29. Giant trampoline instead of the fountain in the dining hall

  30. Movie theater (with a concession stand that steals all your dining dollars)

  31. A petting zoo

  32. Hardwood floors

  33. Sex dungeon

  34. Catering from Pod every day

  35. Official Hill House socks to leave on your door

  36. Build an actual ivory tower

  37. High quality shower heads

  38. Faucets

  39. Rooftop minigolf

  40. Big tank of gasoline, just in case

  41. Rice, maybe

  42. Puppy petting area

  43. A soothing voice, coming from speakers that announces the Dining Hall menu each day

  44. Another abstract statue

  45. A miniature button statue in every hallway

  46. Replace the bridge with a replica of the Tampons

  47. “Turquoise Marilyn” by Andy Warhol

  48. More free condoms

  49. Mosaic tiling of Ben Franklin’s face in every shower

  50. Wood carving studio

  51. Printing press that only prints upside down versions of the DP

  52. A soundproof, walk-in closet in each room equipped with a heated lounge chair to help the sexiled during winter

  53. An actual moat

  54. A Gutenberg bible

  55. NSO trip for all residents to the Guggenheim (the one in Bilbao)

  56. A moss table

  57. Hiring Kate Moss as a GA

  58. A Mike Myers Impersonator that directs freshmen to their new rooms, adding an antiquated reference to an already chaotic time

  59. An ice sculpture of Faith Hill and any other famous person with the last name ‘Hill’

  60. Speakers continuously blasting “The Hills” by the Weeknd

  61. Set of TV's in the lobby that continuously play "The Hills" featuring Lauren Conrad

  62. Add a dome to make it look more like Capitol Hill

  63. Toiletries courtesy of the HIL(L)TON family and hoteliers

  64. Put a manmade hill under it so the name makes more literal sense

  65. A new Instagram filter called ‘Hill’ that overlays a visceral sense of depression onto each picture you post

  66. Pretty much anything that could be a pun or play on the word "hill," we're very flexible

  67. Installing a shopping mall because it already kind of looks like one, tbh

  68. A replica of the Quad to display in the dining hall

  69. An office for A-Gut so she can prove she’s “of the people”

  70. Knock down Zete house and just give them their own suite in Hill

  71. Mini red carpets leading up to each room so that you can get sexiled in style

  72. Gargoyles

  73. Catacombs

  74. New MERT HQ

  75. The cool closet organizing system from Clueless

  76. A giant painting of the Mona Lisa with A-Gut’s face (the eyes are always following you)

  77. Soul Cycle Studio

  78. A fireman pole down the stairwell

  79. An indoor aquarium

  80. Edible Arrangements for every past Hill resident. Won't make up for the past, but they can try.

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